Thursday, April 21, 2011

emily haines canadian indie singer

Emily Hainesborn c. 1974is a Canadian indie rock singer. In addition to having a solo career, Haines records and performs as a member of the bands Metric and Broken Social Scene. She is a contraltoShe has contributed backing vocals to albums by other Broken Social Scene members, such as Jason Collett and Kevin Drew.Contents* 1 Personal life * 2 Musical career * 3 Discography o 3.1 Solo + 3.1.1 Albums + 3.1.2 EPs o 3.2 Metric + 3.2.1 Albums + 3.2.2 EPs + 3.2.3 DVDs * 4 Singles o 4.1 Guest appearances * 5 Filmography * 6 References * 7 External linksPersonal lifeEmily is the daughter of Canadian poet Paul Haines; her sister is Canadian television journalist Avery Haines and her brother is Tim Haines, owner of Bluestreak Records in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. She was born in New Delhi, India, and raised in Canada. After settling in Peterborough at the age of three, she grew up in a house rich with experimental art and musical expression. Paul would often make cassettes of rare and eclectic music for his daughter to listen to and her early influences included Carla Bley, Robert Wyatt, and later PJ Harvey. By her teens she followed her parents' footsteps by attending the Etobicoke School of the Arts ESA to study drama. There she met Amy Millan and Kevin Drew whom she briefly dated with whom she would later collaborate in songs for Broken Social Scene and Metricemily hainesemily hainesemily hainesemily hainesemily hainesemily hainesemily hainesemily hainesemily hainesemily hainesemily hainesemily hainesemily hainesemily hainesemily haines